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Question: What explanation will help recover my late 2003 tax return from IRS’ Statute of Limitations 3-year-max-law?

My 2003 income tax was incomplete and needed to be filed by April 15th, 2007 but I didn’t get around to filing it until late May/early June because I didn’t have the fee for HR Block. IRS says I don’t owe(am due a refund) but that the Statute of Limitations Law allows me to file up to 3 years late, and I was 3 months over(so, they’re holding it)… I talked to an IRS attendant & she gave me the address to write to the IRS Service Center/collections. She suggests that I don’t just say that I forgot or that I didn’t know, b/c “ignorance of the law is no excuse”, as she stated. So now the IRS is holding my return money from that year, but I really need it asap. ARE THERE ANY EXCEPTIONS TO THAT LIMITATIONS LAW which I could use in my letter. It was an honest mistake but it doesn’t give them the right to keep my hard earned money. Some1 plz help ASAP. Maybe you know of the limitations laws and can enlighten me on what would possibly work?? Maybe my situation alone was good enough?

Answer: About the only way that anything would work, was if you were physically unable to file the 2003 within the 3 year deadline (you were in a coma, you were held hostage). Saying that you didn’t have the H&R Block fee is not good enough. I do know the limitations laws, and am sorry to have to inform you that you are out of luck with claiming the refund. The only way out that I can think of is if you had filed for an extension (and you would have had to file a 2nd extension as well) for the 2003 return. If you had filed an extension, that would have extended the filing of the 2003 return originally to August 15, 2004 (which considering that today is 8/23 you’d be out of luck), and if you had filed for a 2nd extension (giving 2 additional months) that would have extended the filing to October 15, 2004, which would extend the 3 years to file to October 15, 2007. If you didn’t file an extension or only filed the first extension, I’m sorry but you are out of luck totally, unless you were in the coma or held hostage for 3 years (maybe H&R Block held your return hostage until you paid them, but that doesn’t count).

PS, not sure what M is suggesting to write off for 2008 (should be 2007). If it’s the tax prep fee, that needs to be claimed on Schedule A – Itemized Deductions under miscellaneous deductions, and has to exceed 2% of AGI for the excess to be deductible. If M is suggesting to write off the lost refund, you can’t do that.

Diana Clement: Best not to bury head in the sand over tax

The IRD has teeth and isn’t afraid to bare them at ‘non-compliant’ taxpayers.The spectre of tax returns makes some people bury their heads in the sand. Thousands of them every year, in fact.With the end of the financial year having…

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Question: in california does the percentage of tax taken out of your paycheck differ each time?

I make 15.00hr and last week I worked 25.5 reg hrs and 3.5 ot hrs. i calculated the total taxes taken out (i claim 1 single) at around 17%. this week I worked 40 reg hrs and 21.5 ot hrs and the total taxes taken out this time was almost 28%. BS! I was so looking for a different better number on my check! So does the total taxes percentage differ from paycheck to paycheck depending on what you earn each pay period?

Answer: Yes, it can differ considerably when your hours vary that much.

Robert Rizzo, aide accused of conspiracy in Bell corruption scandal

Former city administrator and his assistant conducted an elaborate plan to conceal benefits and bypass state law by hiding their true pensions, an indictment says. Former Bell City Administrator Robert Rizzo and his assistant spent seven years conspiring to illegally boost their pensions, created fake contracts, secretly increased their benefits and then filed workers’ compensation claims as …

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Accenture Reports Strong Second-Quarter Fiscal 2011 Results

Accenture reported strong financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2011, ended Feb. 28, 2011, with net revenues of $6.05 billion, an increase of 17 percent in U.S. dollars and 18 percent in local currency over the same period last year and exceeding the company’s guided range of $5.6 billion to $5.8 billion.

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Ravenstahl’s influence on the line in race for former council seat

Mayor Luke Ravenstahl hasn’t been the First District City Councilman since 2006, but a battle is being fought this year to see how much sway he holds over the seat.

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Question: How long for tax refund after amendment?

I filled an amendment on my taxes for the Earned Income Tax Credit and will be getting money back for it, how long do you think or how long does it usually take to get the refund back?

Thanks

Answer: About 10-12 weeks,

I did my amendment in April, I got my in about the end of July.

Freeze proposed on state and local sales taxes

A proposed amendment to the state constitution prohibiting a state income tax was revised Wednesday to incorporate a ban on increasing sales taxes as well.

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